King James Version
Psalms 40:14 in the King James Version says “Let them be ashamed and confounded together that seek after my soul to destroy it; let them be driven backward and put t...” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 40 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Let them be ashamed and confounded together that seek after my soul to destroy it; let them be driven backward and put to shame that wish me evil.”
Psalms 40:14 · KJV
For innumerable evils have compassed me about: mine iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to look up; they are more than the hairs of mine head: therefore my heart faileth me. falleth: Heb. forsaketh
Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me: O LORD, make haste to help me.
Let them be ashamed and confounded together that seek after my soul to destroy it; let them be driven backward and put to shame that wish me evil.
Let them be desolate for a reward of their shame that say unto me, Aha, aha.
Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: let such as love thy salvation say continually, The LORD be magnified.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Let them be ashamed”
H954properly, to pale, i.e., by implication to be ashamed; also (by implication) to be disappointed or delayed
“and confounded”
H2659to blush; figuratively, to be ashamed, disappointed; causatively, to shame, reproach
“that seek”
H1245to search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive after
“after my soul”
H5315properly, a breathing creature, i.e., animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or ment
“to destroy”
H5595properly, to scrape (literally, to shave; but usually figuratively) together (i.e., to accumulate or increase) or away (i.e., to scatter, remove, or r
“it let them be driven”
H5472properly, to flinch, i.e., (by implication) to go back, literally (to retreat) or figuratively (to apostatize)
“backward”
H268the hinder part; hence (adverb) behind, backward; also (as facing north) the west
“and put to shame”
H3637properly, to wound; but only figuratively, to taunt or insult
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